Monthly Archives: April 2007

Part 1: The Old Woman Grandma has been feeling poorly for some time. Her symptoms are dry mouth, nausea, lack of appetite, and elevated blood pressure. Whether they are all the result of the same underlying problem, I don’t know. … Continue reading →

My readership has surely noticed there has been a shift in the content of what I post. Writings like The Transfiguration and The Centrality of Christ and Aroma of Death don’t have much to do with caring for an Alzheimer … Continue reading →

The need for a cane, the need to wear diapers, the lack of ability to sign his own name . . . each milestone is marked as another march down the the one-way road. Today we marked another milestone. Today … Continue reading →

I’ve come to realize that one of my weakness in caring for people is that I have a hard time just being there. If anything needs to be done, or anything needs to be fetched, fixed, or accomplished, I’m ready … Continue reading →

I first saw the book The 36-Hour Day when my Dad first borrowed it from the library, probably about a year ago. It labels itself as “A family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer Disease, related dementing illnesses, and … Continue reading →

2:00 AM I wake up. Grandpa is sitting on the edge of his bed, fussing. Usually this is an indication that shortly he is going to get up and go use the bathroom. I realized I need to use the … Continue reading →

Grandpa definitely enjoyed listening to Heidi but we finished that several days ago and then it was time to pick something new. Grandma suggested that I read my book to him. I had considered it, but at the same time … Continue reading →

This post is testing out images. At the bottom of this post I have inserted an image of the pizza rolls that I make. I think the image should show up in the RSS feed, but I doubt it will … Continue reading →

There are always things other people think you are deprived of. Probably some people could come up with a pretty long list of things they think I’ve been deprived of over the course of my life. I don’t think I’ve … Continue reading →